The original ’97 recordings of GORGOROTH ‘Under The Sign Of Hell’ is finally made available again via Soulseller Records!

Driven by the masterful riffing, the raw and cold drums and vocals, the third and even so unique masterpiece of GORGOROTH has been a breed apart ever since its release in 1997.

Now finally presented again with refreshed artwork and layout, supervised by Infernus, this supreme Black Metal album will be re-released on CD and various vinyl versions, accompanied by new merchandise (t-shirts and hooded sweaters).

“Under The Sign Of Hell” is scheduled for a late November release. Pre-orders are expected to start in October.

Iconic Sumerian black thrash demigods MELECHESH have announce hit European stages again next month. See dates and tour poster below.

On this tour with friends in GORGOROTH, the band will be supporting their most recent collection of sonic magick, “Enki”, which was released in 2015 via Nuclear Blast and received raving reviews from all over the globe. The record features guest appearances by legendary metal musicians Max Cavalera (SOULFLY), Rob Caggiano (VOLBEAT, ex-ANTHRAX) and Sakis Tolis (ROTTING CHRIST).

Commented band founder, singer, guitarist and main songwriter Ashmedi: “We are so looking forward to hitting the road again with our brothers in GORGOROTH! Nothing beats the energy of playing live, sharing our sound with the crowds is a cathartic experience! Expect nothing but sonic magick! See you out there, lost tribes!”

Having just completed a series of dates in Italy with NIKLAS KVARFORTH’s SHINING, Atmospheric Black Metallers SELVANS are set to hit the road again tomorrow, Sunday 13th December, supporting GORGOROTH, KAMPFAR and GEHENNA on selected dates of theBlackfest Over Xmas Tour. The shows at which SELVANS will appear are as follows:

SELVANS, a band known for combining music, lyrics and aesthetics in such a way as to recreate the folklore of Italy’s ancient peoples, released their debut full-length album “Lupercalia” on Avantgarde Music in October of this year. Recorded at the Faunalia Studios and in Patrizio Tamborriello’s Soluzioni Audio, the album’s lineup comprises Selvans Haruspex on keyboards, traditional instruments, vocals and programming, and Sethlans Fulguriator on guitars and bass.

Unusually, the CD version of the album is released in A5 format in order to better display the artwork of Diletta of E.B.A. Art, whose collaboration with the band has brought to life the original designs created by frontman Selvans Haruspex. Also available digitally, as well as a Limited Edition boxed version which sold out in 60 hours, “Lupercalia” is composed of six tracks coming in at an average of ten minutes each, and is a follow up to the five-track EP “Clangores Plenilunio”, which was also released on Avantgarde Music in February of this year.

A video tribute to SELVANS co-founder the late Jonny Morelli, who was tragically killed in a motor bike accident, and which shows the wild landscapes that the drummer loved so much, whilst his words, which were written for the song ‘Lupercale’ itself, have been transformed into drawings by Davide ‘DARTWORKS – drawstroy’ Mancini , can be seen below:

Former OBITUARY bassist Frank Watkins has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 47 years old, issues Blabbermouth.net.

Watkins left OBITUARY in 2010 on acrimonious terms and was eventually replaced by Terry Butler.

Watkins started playing music at the age of 12 and joined OBITUARY in 1989, after the recording of the band’s debut album, “Slowly We Rot”. His first album with the group was their landmark 1990 LP, “Cause Of Death”. OBITUARY broke up in 1997, but Watkins reteamed with his bandmates in 2003, and stayed with the group through the recording of 2009’s “Darkest Day” LP.

Frank was also involved in managing, mentoring and guiding other bands and musicians through his management company Back From the Dead Productions, which he launched in 2007.

In late 2007, Watkins became the bassist of Norwegian black metal band GORGOROTH, and in 2009 he participated in the recording of the GORGOROTH album “Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt”. He made his live debut with the band at the Hole In The Sky festival in Bergen on August 29, 2009. This was the first concert GORGOROTH had performed since September 2007.

In an interview with Metal Maniacs published online in August 2009, Watkins explained that for his work with GORGOROTH he had taken the stage name “Bøddel“, which means “Executioner” in Norwegian.

Watkins told Noisecreep in a 2009 interview that he once worked as a mortgage broker. “I had a mortgage company for a while and mortgages went out the window in America and it’s all corporate,” he said. “I worked for Wells Fargo for a long time and realized I could do this myself. I don’t need a bank to pay me, so I just opened my own. Just as the mortgage industry dropped, OBITUARY said, ‘Let’s play again.’ I let the company fizzle out in 2008. I decided to do music full-time since I could try and implement the business sense that I have and all the nightmares I suffered through in the music business!”

Watkins said that he honed his sharp-as-a-steak-knife business sense “probably from fighting with promoters at shows. All the shit we did in the band! When I started as a stock broker, I had gotten off a tour and OBITUARY decided we were not gonna do anything for a while. I saw my friend driving a Porsche in my neighborhood at the grocery store, and I was like, ‘How do you afford that?’ And he said he was working as a stock broker, so I told him to get me a job. I learned how to sell on the phone. It was hardcore and military-style shit. It was insane, but taught me a lot of negotiation skills.”

The album that officially marked the rebirth of GORGOROTH, “Quantos Possunt AD Satanitatem Trahunt”, now with refreshed artwork including additional pictures from the original album release era, is set to be released on 6th November worldwide via Soulseller Records.

Issued as limited edition digipack, jewel case CD, deluxe limited gatefold LP/picture LP including heavy insert and A2 poster. Also a new T-shirt design and new hooded sweater design will be made available.

Due to long waiting times for vinyl pressing the vinyl versions will be released January 29th, 2016.

Norwegian black metal legend GORGOROTH, founded in 1992 by the only remaining original member Infernus after making a pact with the Devil, has signed to Soulseller Records for a worldwide deal!

The band’s new and tenth studio full-length is entitled “Instinctus Bestialis” and will be released on June 8th 2015 on digipack CD (limited first pressing), limited black vinyl, limited picture vinyl and digitally.

The album was recorded and mixed by drummer Thomas Asklund in Monolith Studio, produced by Infernus & Asklund and mastered at Cutting Room / Sweden by M. Lindfors, Infernus and Asklund. Guest appearances on lead guitar by Chris Cannella, Fabio Sperandio and Henrik Ekeroth.